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Police comb rooftops
Police comb rooftops

Police comb rooftops

Date3/12/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Police comb rooftops
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120541F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Shooting suspect is escorted to cells by police officer after a shoot-out in Scarborough following a bank robbery yesterday. Three police constables a(...)
Shooting suspect is escorted to cells by police officer after a shoot-out in Scarborough following a bank robbery yesterday. Three police constables a(...)
1/29/1971
Windows shattered: A police officer looks through windows on the driver and passenger side of a van shot out by a shotgun blast yesterday, after a gun was pointed at a policeman
Windows shattered: A police officer looks through windows on the driver and passenger side of a van shot out by a shotgun blast yesterday, after a gun was pointed at a policeman
11/18/1987
To catch a thief, Metro police search railway tracks between Union Station and the SkyDome for an armed man who robbed a bank at 88 University Ave. an(...)
To catch a thief, Metro police search railway tracks between Union Station and the SkyDome for an armed man who robbed a bank at 88 University Ave. an(...)
5/14/1991
Recovered: Metro police officers stand guard over $3 million stolen yesterday from the Bank of Canada on University Ave
Recovered: Metro police officers stand guard over $3 million stolen yesterday from the Bank of Canada on University Ave
3/18/1992
Bullet-ridden van: Policeman holds the jacket discarded by bank robber who got away in Yorkville after police chased him and two accomplices in the black van shown in background
Bullet-ridden van: Policeman holds the jacket discarded by bank robber who got away in Yorkville after police chased him and two accomplices in the black van shown in background
3/12/1981
Getaway car: Metro police examine the getaway car left at Lawrence Square Plaza by two gunmen who robbed a Brink's guard yesterday
Getaway car: Metro police examine the getaway car left at Lawrence Square Plaza by two gunmen who robbed a Brink's guard yesterday
3/26/1991
Holdup Aftermath: Peel police take fingerprints from the scene of last November Hongkong Bank of Canada robbery, in which a bank customer was shot
Holdup Aftermath: Peel police take fingerprints from the scene of last November Hongkong Bank of Canada robbery, in which a bank customer was shot
11/4/1993
Unidentified police officer
Unidentified police officer
5/25/1993
No Danger: Once the contents of the bomb were examined by police, they were found to be a radio antenna and a liquor bottle wrapped in newspapers
No Danger: Once the contents of the bomb were examined by police, they were found to be a radio antenna and a liquor bottle wrapped in newspapers
1/21/1992
Staff Superintendent Adolphus Payne, centre, talks to reporters at Metro police headquarters, after two men wanted in connection with a $700,000 theft(...)
Staff Superintendent Adolphus Payne, centre, talks to reporters at Metro police headquarters, after two men wanted in connection with a $700,000 theft(...)
4/26/1973
dynamite went off. Police Knew the danger.The robber had even let them smell the dynamite and shown them the detonator he had made of two sticks with (...)
dynamite went off. Police Knew the danger.The robber had even let them smell the dynamite and shown them the detonator he had made of two sticks with (...)
5/10/1973
Faces maksed by garbage bags, three suspects in the pistol-whipping, $148,716 robbery of Canada Trust in Scarborough arrive at 41 division police station to take part in a line-up
Faces maksed by garbage bags, three suspects in the pistol-whipping, $148,716 robbery of Canada Trust in Scarborough arrive at 41 division police station to take part in a line-up
1/11/1980